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100

A polysaccharide vaccine, this product was the first licensed pneumococcal vaccine.

What is Pneumovax? (First released with 14 strains, then expanded to 23)

100

The body of water that is featured in the movie Sully, this river starts in the Adirondacks and empties in the New York Harbor.

What is the Hudson River?

100

Conan

Det. John Kimble

Trench

Arnold Schwarzenegger

100

This coach has the longest tenure as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles

Who is Andy Reid?

200

The word "vaccine" got its name from the Latin word for this animal. It was used to develop the first successful vaccine to manage smallpox by Edward Jenner in 1796.

What is a cow?

200

The most populated borough in New York City

What is Brooklyn?

200

Rowdy Yates

Harry

Walt Kowalski

Clint Eastwood

200

This animal is one of the few mammals that lay eggs and is only found in Australia

What is a platypus?

300

RSV stands for this

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

300

This NYC neighborhood is home to the National Jazz Museum and considered the epicenter for jazz music in the early 20th century.

What is Harlem?

300

Truman Burbank

Lloyd

Fletcher Reede

Who is Jim Carrey?

300

This Yankee infielder sent New York to the 2003 World Series with a walk-off home run in inning 11 of Game 7 of the ALCS

Who is Aaron F. Boone?

400

This is the series of medical references published by Merck that covers disorders, drugs, and other medical information

What are the Merck Manuals?

400

This former Major League Baseball stadium was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers before their move to Los Angeles.

What is Ebbets Field?

400

Macrinus

Eli

Det. Alonzo Harris

Who is Denzel Washington?

400

This is a feature in botany when leaves are multi-patterned or multi-colored. Often seen in hostas or monsteras.

What is variegation, or variegated?

500

This is the name of the strain that Maurice Hilleman swabbed from his own daughter's throat in 1963 when she had mumps, and is still a component in MMRII today.

What is the Jeryl Lynn Strain?

500

Stand clear of the closing doors please! Take this NYC subway line and you can catch a concert at Forest Hills, a hotdog at the boardwalk, and karaoke with Chris in K-town by Herald Square

What is the F train?

500

Lady Whistledown

Clarisse Renaldi

Mary

Who is Julie Andrews?

500

This form of entertainment appeared in the 70s and in its native language, means empty orchestra.

What is karaoke?